Orlando Vacation - Budget Tool
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Budget Planning Tool

An Orlando vacation is not cheap; quite frankly, it can get down right expensive compared to many other travel options. However, not many places have nearly as much to offer your entire family than Orlando. Please use this simple budgeting tool before you arrive. By taking a few minutes to plan ahead you could save yourself lots of money.

Accommodations – Prices for hotels vary greatly in Orlando and if you are looking to save some money your choice of hotel is probably the best place to cut for you are not going to be in your room that much. You can find nice 3 star hotels for around $ 50 to $ 70 a night. We have some suggestions for you at http://hotels.orlandovacation.com.

1. Hotel Nightly Price _________
2. Number of Nights _________
3. Hotel Tax 13% _________

Total Price 1.______________

Theme Park Activities – Buying discounted tickets from a reputable broker is a great way to save money. You could save as much as $ 15 to $ 20 per person which does add up. Please check out http://tickets.orlandovacation.com.

1. Cost of Adult Tickets _________
2. Cost of Children Tickets _________
3. Total Ticket Cost 2._______________

Meals – As you might imagine besides the theme park tickets feeding your family while here on vacation is going to be on of your largest expenses. We suggest you figure in $ 8 to $ 12 per person for lunch and $ 15 to $ 18 per person for dinner.

1. Cost for Lunch for Adults # adults ___ X $ 12= _________
Avg lunch will cost about $ 12 for adult

2. Cost of Lunch for Children # children___ X $ 9= _________
Avg lunch will cost about $ 9 for children

3. Cost of Snacks # People in Party ___ X $ 6 _________
Avg. daily snacks will be about $ 6 per person

4. Cost of Dinner for Adults # adults ____ X $ 17= _________
Avg. daily Dinners will cost about $ 17 per adult

5. Cost of Dinner for Children # children ____ X $ 14= _________
Avg. daily Dinners will cost about $ 14 per child

6. Total Cost for Meals 3. _______________

Transportation Cost
1. Cost of gas _____________
Figure total round trip driving distance divided by avg. highway miles per gallon. This will give you the total number of gallons you will need for your trip and multiply that by the avg. cost per gallon of fuel. (confused yet?)
Example: 450 miles round trip and the average highway miles per gallon is 20. Means we need 22.5 gallons and the average cost per gallon of fuel is $ 2.80. So our cost of gas is going to be $ 63.00.
2. Tolls ________________ (If you are driving here expect to pay about $ 10 in toll fees)

Flying to Orlando
1. Cost of Plane Tickets ____________
2. Cost of Rental Car ____________
3. Transportation Cost to hotel if not renting a car is an average of $ 90 round trip

Total Transporation Cost 4. __________________

Souvenirs
It would be almost impossible to come to Orlando and not buy a souvenir or two. Disney, Universal, and SeaWorld make lots of money off these souvenirs every year and they are pretty good at getting most of their visitors to buy something. The average visitor to Orlando will spend $ 22 per person on souvenirs.

1. Number of People in your party _______ X $ 22= _________
2. Total Souvenir Cost 5.__________________


Total Vacation Cost (add up 1-5) ______________________________


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